About bacterias etc in sourdough
Hi, I am new to this community, but I have been baking sourdough breads for about three years. I have a question that may seem a bit over the top, but I ask anyway:Is there any possibility that a Sourdough starter which smells good, works fine, and produce fantastic bread, can contain any bacteria...
Good texture but no height to sourdough
Hello there,Apologies for the upside down photo - I can't seem to get it to be the right way up! - I'm on my third attempt at...
Black spots/specs on sourdough bread. Smells
Hi, I baked my sourdough after letting it rise for more than 24 hours. It is freckled with black spots that smell metallic....
Having trouble getting dough to hold its shape
70% hydration,. with bread flour. Plenty of folding to where I get a really strong windowpane. I do bulk fermentation in fridge overnight, dough about double. Work it on the counter and get really good surface tension during shaping. Kept in banneton until double. As soon as I turn it out on my...
Flat bread
Hi, this is my whole wheat bread, why is so flat it seams proofed. I use combisteam oven for baking....
Sourdough starter smells bad
is it normal for a sourdough starter to smell bad within the first few days of cultivating?...
Sourdough storage
Any ideas on the best way to store your bread? I've tried a plastic lined cotton bag but the loaves go mouldy, linen bags cause the bread to dry out and turn solid! Any ideas of something breathable but not plastic? ...
Losing aroma intensity
Hello Last week I recieved a sourdough starter from my aunt. It had an intense aroma (including a strong paint smell). Now...
Looking for bread oven to buy
Hi everyoneI run a small home based bakery in Adelaide - making 40-50 loaves per week and I want to buy a bread oven that can fit about 12 loaves at a time. I have read quite a bit about Rofco ovens and am strongly considering buying one though they have some faults, but I am also wondering about...
Sourdough starter in Ecuador
I have been making pizza and bread for one year in Canada with a sourdough starter that I bought at a natural food store. I was making progress and expected to continue making some in Ecuador. I am here for 6 months, but I tried making a starter with the flour I can find in Bahia and it just doesn't...
My first sourdough - bit of guidance please
Hi from the UK! Just made my first ever sourdough and it tastes wonderful and I believe as the starter matures it gets even...
Clear hooch?
I have a question about hooch. I've started my own sourdough starter, equal weights of filtered water and I bleached flour, and it is finally starting to bubble soon after feeding after about 3 weeks (it's winter so I'm not surprised it took a little while). It also smells a bit of acetone after...
Catching commercial yeast?
Maybe a dumb question butI've read that the more you bake, the more yeast there is in your kitchen and the less you need to add to your recipes over time. So when you create a starter and try to "trap" wild yeast, wouldn't you just be catching commercial yeast? What separates a sourdough starter...
Suspected Yeast Allergy - help!
I've been baking for years but recently I've started getting red, itchy skin around my fingers any time I bake with certain types of yeast, and I'm wondering if it's an allergic reaction. Has anyone else experienced something like this?I don't want to touch the ingredients with my hands in bad...
Nutritional Information of Sourdough starter (white)
Good morning,I am wanting to bake sourdough crackers to sell at our local market with a relish i make. The product requires a nutritional information label of the ingredient for consumer information because i am selling as a retail product. My starter is a white starter and i feed it a bread flour...
Sweet Potato Bread
Hi, has anyone ever made sweet potato (yams or Kumara) sourdough? I have a recipe that I always make, SRF ETC. can you add vegetable purée to sourdough? I am currently making my starter. It's 35-40 degrees here and it was struggling so I have had to feed it twice a day and now put it in...
Extra Sour Starter
I started my starter from scratch about 10 days back. I was feeding it wholemeal wheat flour. Within about 6 days, it was looking happy, it would rise and double after feeding (I was feeding it every 24 hours)....
Oops I boiled my starter
Hi everyone, I'm new to this website and hope to learn some new things about bread. This morning I was incredibly tired (newborn baby in the house), and while I was feeding my 5th version of my starter I accidentally poured freshly boiled water on it. I usually pour the water from the kettle,...
Experimenting with starter
I made a starter with a little fresh pinneapple juice before, just to get it going in the beginning. This works quite well....
